Explore Union Station, the Liberty Memorial, historic buildings, and street art in the urban setting of the Westside Kansas City neighborhood.
We start this adventure hearing stories of Union Station and Liberty Memorial. We spend time weaving in an out of alleyways in the Crossroads Arts District. We’ll move into the architecturally and culturally diverse neighborhood of the Westside. While we enter a couple of historical buildings, we are mostly outside. We observe intricately painted murals and street art. We walk atop bridges and below underpasses, experience nature and rich historical buildings of downtown. You’ll get a work out and see a new side of Kansas City. On the Sunset tour, the route is the same, but we savor a stunning view of the sunset from a couple different vistas facing west. The hike ends with a satisfying ride back to our starting point on Kansas City’s free street car. It’s a must to wear comfortable shoes and bring a water bottle.
Our professional guides share stories and interesting facts about landmarks in the neighborhoods that we hike through (Crossroads & Westside. Our guides are natives to Kansas City, knowledgeable and fun to be around! They bring the tour to life and also set the pace so that you can get a work out by the end. We can also narrate this tour completely in Spanish.
Union Station, Webster House, the Ernest Hemingway building and the West Bottoms buildings, are some of the many historical buildings that we'll see on this hike.
This tour is around 5 miles, a little over 10,000 steps, and includes some steep hills. We take plenty of short stops, but there will be parts where your heart rate will definitely increase. We go up some hills and walk where there is no shade sometimes. Send us an email if you are unsure if this hike is for you and we'll describe it more in detail. Be sure to wear good walking or running shoes and bring at least 24 oz of water.
Our first stop is usually Union Station where we can make a bathroom stop if necessary. We finish the tour at the Street Car stop, so that you can get a free ride back to our starting point. This tour is accessible for strollers.
View Union Station, the Liberty Memorial, historic buildings and street art in the Westside neighborhood, view stunning vistas of KC during the Sunset tour, then take a ride back to our starting point on the KC streetcar.
We start this adventure hearing stories of Union Station and then trekking up to Liberty Memorial to see what we’ll cover.
We’ll move into the architecturally and culturally diverse neighborhood of the Westside and get a glimpse of the Wheeler airport and the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers. While we enter a couple of historical buildings, we are mostly outside.
We observe intricately painted murals and street art. We walk atop bridges and below underpasses, experience nature and rich historical buildings of downtown.